Expert Analysis

How To Balance AI Adoption With Employee Privacy Risks

As artificial intelligence transforms the workplace, organizations must learn to leverage AI's capabilities while ... (more story)

New Law May Reshape Fla. Employer Noncompete Strategy

With Florida's CHOICE Act taking effect this week, employers should consider the pros and cons of drafting new res... (more story)

How Ending OFCCP Will Affect Affirmative Action Obligations

As President Donald Trump's administration plans to eliminate the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, ... (more story)

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Elevator Workers Fight Dismissal Of Union Retaliation Suit

A New York federal judge should preserve claims that a New York City elevator workers' union unlawfully ousted one business agent and demoted another after they supported a business agent candidate that the un... (more story)

Longshoreman Seeks TRO To Halt Union's Alleged Retaliation

An International Longshoremen's Association member in Miami sought an order blocking the union from retaliating against him, telling a Florida federal judge that the union is "weaponizing" the grievance proces... (more story)

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Labor Official's Firing Stands After DC Circ. Steps In

A D.C. Circuit panel stayed an order Thursday reinstating a fired member of a panel that decides federal agencies' union disputes in line with a U.S. Supreme Court order freezing out two fired leaders of other labor agencies.

CFPB Funding Cut Could Alter Injunction Calculus At DC Circ.

The steep funding cut that Republicans have passed for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could strengthen the Trump administration's position in its court fight to resume downsizing the agency, even if ... (more story)

Circuit-By-Circuit Recap: Justices Send Message To Outliers

It was a tough term at the U.S. Supreme Court for two very different circuits — one solidly liberal, one solidly conservative — that had their rulings overturned in eye-popping numbers. But it was another impr... (more story)

The Moments That Shaped The Universal Injunction Case

The U.S. Supreme Court voted along ideological lines when it hindered the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide pauses on presidential policies, but that outcome didn't seem like a foreg... (more story)

Teamsters Unit Beats Suit Over Honoring Picket Lines

Allegations that a Teamsters local in Washington state breached labor agreements by encouraging drivers it represented not to cross picket lines during a strike don't hold water, a federal judge ruled, rejecti... (more story)

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Pa. DA's Office Seeks Win In Ex-Clerk's Bias Suit

A central Pennsylvania county prosecutor's office on Thursday urged a federal court to grant an early win in an ex-clerk's race discrimination suit, arguing a "single, isolated incident" in which the clerk ove... (more story)

EEOC Says Calif. Supermarket Chain Obstructing Bias Probe

A California supermarket chain has refused to turn over applicant and employee data to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, hindering its investigation into whether the retailer discriminated agai... (more story)

Employment Lawyers' Weekly DEI Cheat Sheet

A Kentucky law banning college-level diversity, equity and inclusion programs went into effect, the Los Angeles Dodgers were targeted by an anti-DEI group, Missouri's attorney general demanded documents on the... (more story)

7th Circ. Says Record Backs Accenture Win, But Bias Possible

The Seventh Circuit on Wednesday affirmed summary judgment for Accenture LLP in a Black former manager's suit alleging he was fired for complaining about racial discrimination, but noted that its finding is ba... (more story)

Pa. School District Fights $2.7M Fee Bid After $165K Verdict

The Central Bucks School District in Pennsylvania says counsel representing two female teachers awarded $165,000 in an equal pay lawsuit should not be given $2.7 million in fees, arguing that request is not pr... (more story)

McCarter & English, Atty Debate Vets' Rights Law In Bias Case

McCarter & English LLP argued a veterans' rights law does not apply in a former attorney's anti-veteran discrimination suit against the firm, while the attorney fought to preserve his claims relating to the la... (more story)

Ex-NJ Judge's Conduct Raises Security Concerns, State Says

New Jersey is seeking a protective order to halt an ex-workers' compensation judge's "harassing" inquiries in her suit over her removal, telling a state court that her conduct over the past month raises seriou... (more story)

Wage & Hour More

BofA Beats Class Cert. Bid Over Vacation Pay, For Now

A California federal judge Thursday refused to certify three putative classes of former Bank of America employees who accused the bank of not paying them their accrued, unused vacation time, saying a proposed ... (more story)

The Firms That Won Big At The Supreme Court

The number of law firms juggling three or more arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this past term nearly doubled from the number of firms that could make that claim last term.

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DOL Looks To Rescind Rule Ending Subminimum Wage

The U.S. Department of Labor is backtracking on a proposed rule that would have ended a program allowing employers to pay workers with disabilities below the federal minimum wage, saying ending the program cou... (more story)

Breaking Down The Vote: The High Court Term In Review

The U.S. Supreme Court once again waited until the term's closing weeks — and even hours — to issue some of its most anticipated and divided decisions.

Call Center Co. Wants Out Of Misclassification Suit

A suit by workers accusing a call center company of incorrectly classifying them as independent contractors and then firing them when they complained must be thrown out, the company told a Florida federal cour... (more story)

Opinion Letters Offer DOL 'Soft Power,' Attys Say

U.S. Department of Labor opinion letters give businesses backup assistance to comply with wage and hour law, but it is a tool that has been politicized and viewed as potentially skewed in favor of employers, attorneys say.

TikTok Can Arbitrate Most Sales Reps' Claims Of Unpaid OT

A lawsuit by a group of sales representatives accusing TikTok of incorrectly classifying them as exempt from earning overtime can largely be sent to arbitration, a California federal judge ruled, saying all bu... (more story)